6th New Zealand Parliament

6th Parliament of New Zealand
5th Parliament 7th Parliament
Overview
Legislative bodyNew Zealand Parliament
Term15 June 1876 – 11 August 1879
Election1875–1876 New Zealand general election
GovernmentSecond Vogel ministry (until 1876)
First Atkinson ministry (1876)
Second Atkinson ministry (1876–1877)
Grey ministry (from 1877)
House of Representatives
Members88
Speaker of the HouseWilliam Fitzherbert
PremierGeorge Grey
— from 13 October 1877
Harry Atkinson
— 1 September 1876 – 13 October 1877
Julius Vogel
— until 1 September 1876
Legislative Council
Members43 (at start)
49 (at end)
Speaker of the CouncilWilliam Fitzherbert
John Richardson until 6 December 1878†
Sovereign
MonarchHM Victoria
GovernorHE Rt. Hon. Sir Hercules Robinson from 27 March 1879
— HE The Marquess of Normanby until 21 February 1879

The 6th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.

Elections for this term were held in 69 European electorates between 20 December 1875 and 29 January 1876. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 4 and 15 January 1876. A total of 88 MPs were elected. Parliament was prorogued in August 1879. During the term of this Parliament, five Ministries were in power.